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DateSun, 11 Jan 2004 15:31:04 -0800
FromMatthew Dharm <>
SubjectRe: [linux-usb-devel] Re: USB hangs
On Sun, Jan 11, 2004 at 03:25:06PM -0800, David Brownell wrote:
> Alan Cox wrote:> >On Sul, 2004-01-11 at 00:23, Matthew Dharm wrote:> >> >>Where is USB kmalloc'ing with GFP_KERNEL?  I thought we tracked all those
> >>down and eliminated them.> >> >> >Not sure. I just worked from tracebacks. I needed it to work rather
> >than having the time to go hunting for specific faults. Plus I'd
> >argue PF_MEMALLOC is a better solution anyway.> > It certainly seems like a more comprehensive fix for that
> particular class of problems!  :)

Is it really more comprehensive?  As I see it, it will only affect code
executed in the context of the usb-storage thread.  But, what about code
which is invoked in tasklets or other contexts?

Matt

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Matthew Dharm                              Home: mdharm-usb@one-eyed-alien.net 
Maintainer, Linux USB Mass Storage Driver

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